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Modern safety management goes beyond covering traditional workplace accidents to now being equally concerned with illnesses caused on and even off the job. This section will explain what you need to know to avoid both injuries and illnesses, and to track your progress in reaching this goal.
With more than 500 work-related back injuries reported every day in U.S. workplaces, it’s no wonder you need to be concerned about preventing employee back injuries. An employee reaches up to a shelf to take down a carton and strains her back. A worker lifts a heavy load by himself when he should have gotten […]
OSHA’s Laboratory Standard requires a written Chemical Hygiene Plan (CHP). And that plan must contain these eight elements. The CHP must: Describe standard operating procedures. Define criteria for implementation of control measures (i.e. engineering controls, administrative controls, and PPE). Define (and document) procedures to maintain proper functioning of chemical fume hoods and protective equipment. This […]
Slips, trips, and falls are the third largest cause of workplace injuries, contributing to more than 100 million lost workdays and costing nearly $36 billion annually. The Montana State Fund has identified five contributing factors for slips, trips, and falls: Surface design. Slip resistance can have an important impact on preventing slips and falls. Slip […]
Slips, trips, and falls (STFs) are notorious workplace hazards that cause a lot of injuries and add to costs, productivity losses, and worker absences. Take action against STFs with these 5 strategies. Risk specialist Brian Roberts is the director of workers’ compensation and ergonomics for the insurance giant CNA. He’s developed an STF reduction strategy […]
Injury and illness prevention is always a big issue for safety professionals especially when incidents result in days away from work. Many companies are responding with injury and illness prevention plans. According to BLS, the total number of injury and illness cases requiring days away from work to recuperate was in 2011(the most recent year […]
Yesterday, we talked about preventing amputations. One of the best protections is machine guarding, the topic of today’s Advisor. The purpose of machine guarding is to protect the machine operator and other employees in the work area from hazards created by: Ingoing nip points Rotating parts Cutting and shearing Punching and bending Reciprocating and transversing […]
Slips and trips are an all-too-common occupational hazard estimated to cause hundreds of thousands of accidents and injuries on the job every year. The chief cause of slips is (no surprise) a slippery surface, compounded by improper footwear. There are two types of slips: In the first, the heel of the forward foot contacts the […]
Falls from heights are the leading cause of death in construction, and they cause many injuries and deaths in other industries as well. OSHA says that falls from heights can be prevented and employee lives can be saved if you take three simple steps: Plan Provide Train Plan Plan ahead to get the job done […]
Injury and illness prevention is always a big issue for safety professionals especially when incidents result in days away from work. Many companies are responding with injury and illness prevention plans. According to BLS, the total number of injury and illness cases requiring days away from work to recuperate was in 2011(the most recent year […]
A new study finds that simple health interventions can help reduce short-term disability rates as well as worker days away from work. According to a study of 118,000 American workers by health services company Cigna, a combination of predictive analytics and a nurse/health advocate-led intervention can produce a measurable reduction in future disabling illness or […]